Meanings
noundrug addict (plural drug addicts)
plural drug addicts
- A person with a chemical or psychological dependency on a drug, especially one which is illegal or improperly procured.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person with a chemical or psychological dependency on a drug, especially one which is illegal or improperly procured.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُدْمِن, حَشَّاش
- مُدْمِن (mudmin)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- حَشَّاش (ḥaššāš)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- مَنْزُولِيّ (manzūliyy)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Bulgarian наркоман, зависим
- наркоман (narkoman)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- зависим (zavisim)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Catalan drogoaddicte, drogoaddicta
- drogoaddicteperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogoaddictaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogodependentperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxicòmanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxicòmanaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- ionquiperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Chinese Cantonese 道友, 白粉仔
- 道友 (dou⁶ jau⁵)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- 白粉仔 (baak⁶ fan² zai²)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Chinese Mandarin 吸毒者, 癮君子 /瘾君子
- 吸毒者 (xīdúzhě)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- 癮君子 /瘾君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Czech narkoman, narkomanka
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomankaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- feťákperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- smažkaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Danish narkoman, stofmisbruger
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- stofmisbrugerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Dutch drugsverslaafde, drugverslaafde
- drugsverslaafdeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drugverslaafdeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Esperanto toksomaniulo, toksomaniulino
- toksomaniuloperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toksomaniulinoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Estonian narkar, narkomaan
- narkarperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomaanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Finnish huumeiden käyttäjä, narkomaani
- huumeiden käyttäjäperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomaaniperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- huumehörhöperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- hörhöperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkkariperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkkiperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkkisperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- nistiperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
French toxicomane, tox
- toxicomaneperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxicoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- droguéperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- droguéeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- accroperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- caméperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- caméeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- junkieperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
German Drogensüchtiger, Drogensüchtige
- Drogensüchtigerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Drogensüchtigeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Drogenabhängigerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Drogenabhängigeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Junkieperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Drogiperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Rauschgiftsüchtigerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Rauschgiftsüchtigeperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Narkomaneperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Narkomaninperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Fixerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- Fixerinperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Greek τοξικομανής, ναρκομανής
- τοξικομανής (toxikomanís)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- ναρκομανής (narkomanís)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Hebrew נַרְקוֹמָן, נַרְקוֹמָנִים
- נַרְקוֹמָן (narqomán)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- נַרְקוֹמָנִים (narqománim)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- נַרְקוֹמָנִית (narqománit)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- נַרְקוֹמָנִיּוֹת (narqomániyot)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Hungarian kábítószerfüggő, drogfüggő
- kábítószerfüggőperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogfüggőperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- kábítószer-élvezőperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkósperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- heroinfüggőperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Icelandic dópisti
- dópistiperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Irish andúileach drugaí, andúileach
- andúileach drugaíperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- andúileachperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Italian drogato, drogata
- drogatoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogataperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- tossicodipendenteperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Japanese 麻薬常習者, 麻薬中毒者
- 麻薬常習者 (mayaku jōshūsha)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- 麻薬中毒者 (mayaku chūdokusha)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- ジャンキー (jankī)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Korean 마약 중독자
- 마약 중독자 (mayak jungdokja)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Lithuanian narkomanas, narkomanė
- narkomanasperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomanėperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Malay penagih dadah
- penagih dadahperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Norwegian Bokmål narkoman, narkotiker
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkotikerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- stoffmisbrukerperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- stoffmisbrukarperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Polish narkoman, narkomanka
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomankaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- ćpunperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- ćpunkaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Portuguese drogado, drogada
- drogadoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogadaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- viciado em drogasperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- viciada em drogasperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Romanian drogat, drogată
- drogatperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogatăperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Russian наркома́н, наркома́нка
- наркома́н (narkomán)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- наркома́нка (narkománka)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- торчо́к (torčók)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- объебо́с (obʺjebós)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- объебо́ска (obʺjebóska)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- джа́нки (džánki)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- на́рик (nárik)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Slovak narkoman, narkomanka
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- narkomankaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Spanish drogadicto, drogadicta
- drogadictoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogadictaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxicómanoperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- toxicómanaperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- drogodependienteperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Swedish narkoman, pundare
- narkomanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- pundareperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- knarkareperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Turkish keş, esrarkeş
- keşperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- esrarkeşperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- eroinmanperson with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Ukrainian наркома́н, наркома́нка
- наркома́н (narkomán)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
- наркома́нка (narkománka)person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs
Cite this entry
APA
drug addict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addict
MLA
“drug addict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addict. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drug addict,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drug%20addict.
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